{"product_id":"epicurus-an-introduction-paperback-9780521292009","title":"Epicurus: An Introduction (Paperback) 9780521292009","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEpicurus: An Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor Rist's short introduction to the philosophy of Epicurus combines scholarship with clear exposition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. M. Rist (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521292009, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 21 April 1977\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.45 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eProfessor Rist's short introduction to the philosophy of Epicurus combines scholarship with clear exposition. All Greek in the text is translated, and discussion of more specialised problems of interpretation is relegated to appendices. In an account which mediates between the extremes of approval and opposition traditionally accorded to him, Epicurus emerges as an ideologist, a pragmatic philosopher whose most notable achievement perhaps was to reject much of the prevailing social ethos of Hellenism and assert the rights and claims of the individual against those of the community or state.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Epicurus and his Friends\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Canonic: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sensation\u003cbr\u003e 3. General concepts\u003cbr\u003e 4. Feelings\u003cbr\u003e 5. Image-making contact of the mind\u003cbr\u003e 6. True and false judgement\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Physics: 1. First principles\u003cbr\u003e 2. Atoms: size and shape\u003cbr\u003e 3. Atoms: weight and movement\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'Parts' of atoms\u003cbr\u003e 5. Secondary qualities\u003cbr\u003e 6. Void\u003cbr\u003e 7. Compounds\u003cbr\u003e 8. Qualities of physical objects\u003cbr\u003e Part IV: Man and the Cosmos\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Soul, Mind and Body: 1. The atomic composition of the soul\u003cbr\u003e 2. Anima and animus\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sensation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Operations of the mind\u003cbr\u003e 5. Will and action\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Pleasure: 1. The concept of pleasure\u003cbr\u003e 2. The subsidiary role of kinetic pleasure\u003cbr\u003e 3. The limit of pleasure\u003cbr\u003e 4. Condensing pleasure\u003cbr\u003e 5. The selection of pleasures\u003cbr\u003e 6. The role of pleasure in ethics\u003cbr\u003e Part VII: The Problem of Friendship\u003cbr\u003e Part VIII. The Gods and Religion: 1. The existence and structure of the gods\u003cbr\u003e 2. Analogy and insomnia\u003cbr\u003e 3. The life and activities of the gods\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rights religion\u003cbr\u003e Part IX: Postscript\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of technical terms\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006986998040,"sku":"9780521292009","price":37.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521292009i_bed642ed-fba9-4861-8851-bd316114138d.jpg?v=1691374672","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/epicurus-an-introduction-paperback-9780521292009","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}